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Kelundra Smith’s ‘Other Paths to God’ centers ICU nurses
Playwright Kelundra (kuh-LUN-druh) Smith’s “The Wash” earned five Suzi Bass Awards. Her new play, “Other Paths to God,” is a…
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WABE Arts: Igor Levit and the Boldness of Beethoven
🎧 Pianist Igor Levit brings an all-Beethoven program to Spivey Hall at Clayton State University on Oct. 31. He tells WABE Arts & Culture Editor Sherri Daye…
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Niladri Kumaar on Zakir Hussain before Sandy Springs show
Award-winning sitarist Niladri Kumaar talks Zakir Hussain, the Zitar and 'Space Between the Notes' before his Oct. 30 Sandy Springs show. See…
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High Museum centennial block party: Atlanta looks ahead
The High Museum of Art turns 100 this month, and its director says the museum isn't spending much time looking back. "We're really excited about what's next,"…
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Kathy Griffin brings new stories and shocks to Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre
Ahead of her Oct. 18 performance at Buckhead Theatre, comedian, actress and writer Kathy Griffin spoke to WABE Arts contributor Kenny Murry on what audiences…
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‘Play more’: Kendrick Brinson on ‘Sun City’
🎧 Atlanta photographer Kendrick Brinson spent more than 16 years photographing Sun City, Arizona, a retirement community where great-grandmothers march in…
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'I'm Spanglish': Monti Carlo on her cookbook and Atlanta
🎧 Monti Carlo, senior editor of food and dining at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will emcee cooking demonstrations at Taste of Atlanta's Grand Tasting…
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Facts and Feeling: Don Lemon on D.L. Hughley and Atlanta
🎧 Former CNN anchor Don Lemon brings the DL + DL "Anything Goes" tour with comedian D.L. Hughley to Atlanta Symphony Hall on Oct. 9. For What's Feeding You?…
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Atlanta Swing Classic: Lindsay Mistretta on what to expect
🎧 The Atlanta Swing Classic brings West Coast Swing workshops, competitions and social dancing to t Dunwoody, Oct. 1-4. Atlanta dancer and instructor Lindsay…
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Art Out of the Booth: Kelly Freeman on Atlanta Art Fair
🎧 The third Atlanta Art Fair opens October 1 at Pullman Yards with more than 80 galleries, the most in the fair’s history. Fair director Kelly Freeman…
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Back to Hillman: Felicia Pride on 'A Different World'
🎧 Netflix's "A Different World" returns to Hillman College, and this time it was filmed in Atlanta, including on the campuses of Clark Atlanta University…
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The Next Generation: MOCA GA Young Artist Project
🎧 Four workshops. Four professional artists. One group of high school students at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) in Atlanta. Educational…
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The Coyt Fund's assist to author Javier Wallace’s 'Basketball Trafficking'
A young athlete from Panama moved in with Javier Wallace's family — and the relationship became a book. "Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian…
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Ali Siddiq brings life experience and laughter to State Farm Arena
Known for his one-of-a-kind storytelling abilities, comedian and writer Ali Siddiq has taken 2026 by storm. His most recent standup specials, "Mondays" and "My…
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Inside BODDO Studio's process, from dream to drop
BODDO Studio, Aishah Rashied Hyman, Atlanta design, West African textiles, Amani Women's Co-op, Kuba cloth, Kente cloth, Atlanta Design Festival, High Point…
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Spike Lee — “School Daze” Revisited
When “School Daze” premiered in 1988, it was controversial before most audiences ever saw it. Written and directed by Spike Lee, the satirical…
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Emory Scholar Curates 40 Years of Spike Lee
🎬 Emory film and media professor Beretta Smith-Shomade curates “40 Years of Brother Spike Lee,” a fall-long retrospective of the director's work…
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Regina Taylor Closes ABTF with 'Exhibit'
🎭 Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor brings her one-woman show, “Exhibit,” to the closing night of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival at Spelman…
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Kira Rockwell on her new theatrical comedy 'Holy Chicken Sandwich'
🎭 Playwright Kira Rockwell’s new comedic play, “Holy Chicken Sandwich,” imagines a fictional fast-food chicken chain grand opening where…
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Divinity Roxx on her cosmic new kids album ‘Starchild’
🎶 GRAMMY-nominated bassist Divinity Roxx, Beyoncé’s former musical director, talks with WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott about her…
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Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr on executive-producing "Garner"
🎧 Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner and executive producer of "Garner: The Breath That Breathed a Movement," talks with WABE Art and Culture editor Sherri Daye…
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Jon Batiste: What's Feeding Him Before His Atlanta Date
🎹 Eight-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste brings his 2026 Fantastical Tour Saturday to Chastain Park with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, a rare orchestral date. He…
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Visual Artist Donna Mintz Claims the Title of Writer
After more than 30 years as a visual artist, Donna Mintz has written her first book, 'Stars at Noon,' out now from Mercer University Press. Her path from…
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Mike Jordan Brings Literary Karaoke Night Lit Back to Atlanta
Mike Jordan and his wife and fellow writer Jacinta Howard created the Lit literary karaoke series back in 2014. The premise was simple: readers take the mic to…
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T. Lang Launches 'Ursa Major' Academy for Teen Dancers
T. Lang, founder of T. Lang Dance and inaugural chair of Dance Performance and Choreography at Spelman College, is opening a new academy for teenage dancers…
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Center for Puppetry Art Brings 'Tesla vs. Edison' Back to the Stage
Center for Puppetry Arts Artistic Director Jason Hines has been fascinated by the rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla since building a Tesla coil…
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Nick Benson Paints ‘Next Stop’ Mural in English Avenue
Atlanta muralist Nick “Turbo” Benson is leading a team of four painting “Next Stop,” a new Atlanta Beltline Art mural going up under an…
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Alif Institute Brings Arabic Music and Dance to the Park
Atlanta’s Alif Institute, a nonprofit focused on preserving and sharing Arab cultures, had the idea to take some of its most popular arts workshops out…
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VIVO Summer Strings Institute Culminates in Free Concert at Symphony Hall
VIVO, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Summer String Institute, wraps up today with a free concert at Atlanta Symphony Hall. WABE Arts and Culture Editor…
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Atlanta Storytellers turns one with ‘The Songs That Shape Us’
Atlanta Storytellers marks one year with its fifth show, “The Songs That Shape Us,” pairing live personal stories with live music at Eddie’s…
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John Simmons photography exhibit wraps at Mason Fine Art
Emmy-winning cinematographer and photographer John Simmons has spent six decades documenting Black life in America — starting at 15, shooting for the…
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Operator, connect me to Atlanta World Cup culture
More than 100 visitors and locals stopped by WABE's phone booth at the Atlanta Cultural Exchange this summer, sharing what their impressions of the city during…
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What's feeding Harry Connick Jr. ahead of Chastain Park
Harry Connick Jr. made his Carnegie Hall debut this year with an original orchestral piece written as a tribute to his late mother. On this episode of WABE…
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How Hip-Hop Made Atlanta': Regina Bradley on OutKast and trap
Atlanta is a hip-hop capital now, but it wasn’t always. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Dr. Regina N. Bradley, associate…
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Atlanta poet Ashlee Haze wins South Arts literary grant
Atlanta poet and spoken word artist Ashlee Haze is one of sixteen writers to receive a 2026 South Arts Literary Arts Grant. Her award is going toward…
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Shakespeare Out of a Hat brings improv chaos to Atlanta’s Shakespeare Tavern
The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse on Peachtree Street is home to some of Atlanta's most polished classical theater. But a few nights a year, the stage belongs…
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chefATL is back — and it’s already won an Emmy
chefATL started as a class assignment. Now it’s an Emmy winner. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Astrid Sims, a SCAD student…
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Fútbol, faith, and fans: ADAMA opens 'The African Game'
The World Cup has come to Atlanta, and a new exhibition at ADAMA, the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, is asking viewers to look beyond the pitch. On…
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SanSe Atlanta: A celebration that doubles as a lifeline
Now in its eleventh year, SanSe Atlanta is Georgia’s largest Puerto Rican festival — and one with a philanthropic mission. On this episode of WABE…
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PJ Morton on the making of ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’
GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter and longtime Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton is back with a new double album: ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,&rsquo…
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Ministry of Art: Artful ATL returns with 30+ Atlanta artists
Artful ATL started with a simple idea: Atlanta artists deserve a professional space, real collectors, and a direct path to income — without giving up a…
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Art as a Language: Joyce Kim’s Gold Medal Portfolio
When Joyce Kim immigrated to Georgia from Korea in the third grade, she couldn’t yet speak English, but she could paint and draw. Art, she says, was a…
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Amplify Decatur celebrates 'A Decade on the Square' with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
The Amplify Decatur Music Festival has been turning live music into community support since 2010 — and a decade ago, it claimed the Decatur Square as its…
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Inside 'American Sublime': Amy Sherald’s homecoming at the High Museum
For more than a year, ‘Amy Sherald: American Sublime’ packed museums in San Francisco, New York, and Baltimore. Now the exhibition — the…
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‘Basura’: Gloria and Emily Estefan on writing music that serves the story
In 2019, producer Michael Shulman invited Gloria Estefan to score a musical he was developing based on ‘Landfill Harmonic,’ a documentary about a…
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WABE Arts: Atlanta Fringe Festival 2026
The Atlanta Fringe Festival opens Wednesday, May 27th. Fifty-one shows. Nearly 250 performances. The lineup is selected by lottery — open to artists of…
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Donnie: The road back to the stage
🎶 Almost twenty-five years ago, singer-songwriter Donnie released “The Colored Section”, a gospel-rooted concept album that became a touchstone of…
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Kamasi Washington: What's feeding the jazz titan
🎧 Grammy-nominated saxophonist Kamasi Washington headlines Saturday night of the 49th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. Before he took to the stage, he sat down…
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Biographer Matthew Hild on the life and legacy of Olivia Newton-John
🎭 Georgia Tech historian Matthew Hild spent years researching the woman behind the pop star — and he argues the most iconic thing Olivia Newton-John ever…
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Shakespeare gets a laugh track: 'M.A.C.B.E.T.H.' at Art Farm at Serenbe
🎭 Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” reimagined as a ’90s sitcom, staged outdoors in a Georgia meadow. Producer Lena deLoache had never produced…
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Honey Pierre brings ‘Notions’ to One Contemporary Gallery
🧵 Atlanta fiber artist Honey Pierre’s solo show “Notions” opened May 2 at One Contemporary Gallery, a survey of six years of work tracing her…
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Pain Into Color: Atlanta Ballet's 'Frida'
🎭 Atlanta Ballet opens the East Coast premiere of "Frida," a full-length narrative ballet about the life of Frida Kahlo, May 8–10 at Cobb Energy…
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Atlanta Film Festival at 50: Chris Escobar on legacy, careers and what's next
🎬 The Atlanta Film Festival marks its 50th anniversary this year Executive Director Chris Escobar traces how a short film by Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins…
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Jon Batiste: What's Feeding Him Before His Atlanta Debut
🎹 Eight-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste opens his 2026 Fantastical Tour Saturday at Chastain Park with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, a rare orchestral date. He…
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The Tree House: Inside Inman Park's modern outlier
🌳 The neighbors called it the Tree House before Colin Sutter ever moved in. Built in 1999, 231 DeGress Avenue is one of Inman Park's few modern homes: four…
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Lois Reitzes & Robert Spano: America @ 250
🎧 She's back. Beloved City Lights host and public radio legend Lois Reitzes returns to WABE for a special conversation with conductor Robert Spano ahead of the…
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Isa Miles: Returning to 'A Raisin in the Sun'
🎭 Seven years after her first turn as Ruth Younger, actor Isa Miles is back in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun.” She says the intervening years…
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Rory Berg: Georgia's Poetry Out Loud champion heads to D.C.
🎭 A Roswell High School senior won Georgia's top poetry competition — and Walt Whitman helped her do it. Rory Berg, the 2026 Poetry Out Loud Georgia…
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The Beauty Project Brings Wonderland to Smith-Gilbert Gardens
A unique garden experience is blooming in Kennesaw this month. Kennesaw State University’s Department of Theatre and Performance Studies is partnering…
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WABE Arts: Actress Taylor Polidore Williams
From Clark Atlanta University student to Netflix leading lady, actress Taylor Polidore Williams has quickly garnered a worldwide fanbase for her role of Kimmy…